"ではない" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Japanese]

Forms: de wa nai [romanization]
Etymology: Comprised of で (de, copula in the conjunctive form) + は (wa, topic and contrastive particle) + ない (nai, “not”, negation). Negative form of である (de aru) with a contrastive は (wa). である (de aru) ultimately descends from にあり (ni ari): * にあり (ni ari) → にてあり (nite ari, conjunctive) → であり (de ari, contraction) → である (de aru, shift to modern conjugation pattern) Etymology templates: {{ja-r|で|pos=copula in the conjunctive form}} で (de, copula in the conjunctive form), {{ja-r|ない||not|pos=negation}} ない (nai, “not”, negation), {{ja-r|で ある}} である (de aru), {{ja-r|で ある}} である (de aru), {{ja-r|に あり}} にあり (ni ari), {{ja-r|に あり}} にあり (ni ari), {{ja-r|にて あり|pos=conjunctive}} にてあり (nite ari, conjunctive), {{ja-r|で あり|pos=contraction}} であり (de ari, contraction), {{ja-r|で ある|pos=shift to modern conjugation pattern}} である (de aru, shift to modern conjugation pattern) Head templates: {{ja-verb form|で は ない}} ではない • (de wa nai)
  1. (formal) negative of だ and である: is not Tags: form-of, formal, negative Form of: だ and である (extra: is not) Synonyms: じゃない (ja nai) [informal], でない (de nai)

Alternative forms

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